Rahul Gandhi stops Yatra to pay tribute to CRPF jawans killed in 2019 Lethpora attack

Congress leader and Member of Parliament Rahul Gandhi who is in the last leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kashmir on Saturday paid tributes to CRPF jawans killed in Lethpora attack in 2019.

An official told the news agency that Gandhi, who resumed his Yatra today from Awantipora, stopped his Yatra for a while at Lethpora and laid a flower bouquet at the spot where over 40 CRPF jawans were killed in a militant attack.

Gandhi resumed his Yatra today morning after a day’s halt due alleged security lapse in Qazigund area on Friday.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari on September 7 will conclude in Srinagar on January 30 with Rahul Gandhi hoisting the national flag.